Key concepts

PATROL for AIX is a set of files that contains knowledge in the form of command descriptions, applications, parameters, and recovery actions that analyze and manage PATROL events.

The product has application classes and its associated parameters that report the information and enable you to monitor the PATROL KM. The PATROL for AIX parameters provide a detailed view of all system activity over time so that you can detect problems, optimize systems, analyze trends, plan capacity, and manage multiple hosts simultaneously. These parameters provide statistical information about resources, operating status, and performance. For information about the PATROL for AIX application classes and parameters, see Monitor types and attributes.

PATROL for AIX lets you monitor and manage your AIX environment locally and remotely. It monitors the availability of your servers for the following objects:

CPU
SMP
Kernel
Memory
System swap files
Network
NFS version 3
Process
User
Filesystems
Disk and I/O

AIX Virtualization
PowerVM environment
Shared Ethernet Adapters
NPIV (Host Bus Adapters)

Terminology note

Attributes in the TrueSight console,

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, and Central Monitoring Administration are known as parameters in the PATROL consoles. Monitor types in these consoles are known as application classes in the PATROL consoles.

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System requirements

Installing

Configuring after installation

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